Bittersweet was the theme of Week 9 because this was our final week in Mbale with the District Health Office. It was quite the week with a lot going on. I had an opportunity to go to a municipality slaughterhouse to learn about meat. I was a little nervous since I’m not crazy about eating …
Week 8 consisted of visiting various health facilities to collect data for the other projects on HIV patient retention among adolescents and pregnant mothers. For one of the projects, I helped Liz go through health records to identify adolescent patients who were enrolled in care for HIV in 2014. We followed their care for 3 …
Week 8: Data Collection and Focus Group Discussions by a Waterfall Read More »
Week 7 began with support supervision activities followed by performance reviews the next day. During Support Supervision, we went onsite to a health facility with the District Health Team to provide support in determining what they need in order to perform their duties. We used a tool developed by the Ministry of Health of Uganda …
This week we prepared and conducted a focus group discussion with farmers in Mbale district. We were able to work with the Spotlight on Africa organization to mobilize farmers to assess their knowledge, attitude, and practices with pesticide use for their personal gardens and crops (corn, tomatoes, rice, beans, etc.) My MHIRT partner Laila is …
Week 6 started with Liz and I meeting a team from the Ministry of Health who asked us to help them with malaria surveillance. We went up to Muraba Health Center, where we went through logbooks and reported cases of Malaria on an excel sheet for the ministry. Out of the 400 or so people …
Week 6: The Ministry of Health of Uganda Wants Us to Come Along?? Read More »
We are officially halfway through the program and our time in Uganda, which is bittersweet. It feels like we are just getting started in some ways but time is passing quickly. This week I dived into the pesticide project which was only possible through the help of the DHO and Spotlight on Africa, who had …
Week 5: The Halfway Mark!… but I’m just getting started Read More »
Last week we had the opportunity to travel to Bukasakya Health Clinic 3. This facility is unique because it is one of the only health facilities that is sponsored by a third party organization, Spotlight on Africa. From the moment you enter the sub-country you can already see the difference within the community Houses are …
Week 4: Water and Sanitation Health (Inspecting/Maintaining a Borehole) Read More »
This past week we spent two days at Namatala Health center IV helping with their HPV immunization campaign in their local primary schools. We started the day by arriving at the health center and were introduced to the head nurse of the immunization clinic. We were invited to go on an outreach campaign to have …
Week 3 was filled with informative meetings at the District Health Office. We attended an introductory orientation meeting for all newly hired health workers throughout the district of Mbale, led by Dr. Wangisi, the DHO. During the meeting, he discussed the increasing emphasis on performance in public service. For example, the World Bank is providing …
Week 3 – DHO Meetings, Project Ideas, and Markets of Mbale! Read More »
Week 4 was filled with field work and rich experiences. We spent Monday and Tuesday at Namatala health center and Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at Bukasakya health center. The busy week continued through the weekend as we each worked on a project proposal. My project proposal specifically is the Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Uses of Pesticides …
Week 4 – Immunizations, Projects, and Good Thoughts of Home! Read More »
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